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Stars Lash Out at Elizabeth Hasselbeck for N-Word Comment
21-Jul-2008
Written by: Natalia Galbetti
Taye Diggs protests against comments made by host of “The View.”
Last week on The View, hosts Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Whoopi Goldberg debated about Reverend Jesse Jackson’s use of the n-word, and the controversy is still going on.
According to MSNBC, stars such as actor Taye Diggs have weighed in on the topic and go against what Hasselbeck had to say.
“[Hasselbeck] doesn’t understand, and, no offense — I don’t think any white person has the right to tell a black person or to even weigh in on subject matter such as that,” the Private Practice star said on Thursday. “They don’t know what it’s like to be called that word; they don’t know what it’s like to be black.”
The discussion between the two View cohosts left Hasselbeck in tears. She had originally claimed that the n-word should not be used by anyone.
“How are we supposed to then . . . move forward if we keep using terms that bring back such pain?” she asked during the discussion.
Scrubs star Donald Faison also contributed to the debate by standing against Hasselbeck.
“I don’t think Elisabeth Hasselbeck would ever have to worry being called the ‘n-word.’ . . . For her to be offended by it, it’s kind of weird,” he said. “African-Americans have used it now as a term of endearment, or how to describe a situation. So for her to say something like that, she has no idea what power it has over anyone.”
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